New York nears 4.6 million total vaccine doses administered as J&J vaccine is on the way

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ALBANY, N.Y. — As New York State awaits the arrival of the just-approved Johnson & Johnson vaccine, it announced that almost 4.6 million doses of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine have so far made it into arms in the state.

More than 2.95 million first doses have been administered and almost 1.63 million second doses have been injected, the state government reported Monday, for a total of 4.58 million doses.

The full vaccine breakdown by region is as follows:

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Region

Total Doses Received

(1st and 2nd)

Total Doses Administered

(1st and 2nd)

% of Total Doses Administered/Received

(1st and 2nd)

Capital Region

323,260

285,469

88.3%

Central New York

281,125

246,297

87.6%

Finger Lakes

321,275

288,913

89.9%

Long Island

673,955

563,141

83.6%

Mid-Hudson

507,145

413,389

81.5%

Mohawk Valley

157,460

126,916

80.6%

New York City

2,271,540

2,030,478

89.4%

North Country

173,495

153,926

88.7%

Southern Tier

174,280

158,486

90.9%

Western New York

346,415

316,601

91.4%

Statewide

5,229,950

4,583,616

87.6%

 

New York expects to receive about 164,800 doses of the newly approved Johnson & Johnson one-dose vaccine this week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced. The added doses will supplement the state’s expected supply this week of 422,780 first doses and 290,500 second doses from Pfizer and Moderna, for a total of 878,080 doses. This will be the state’s highest weekly COVID-vaccine allocation to date.

 

Adam Rombel: